In Africa and Asia the high-value targets are elephants for their ivory tusks, rhinoceros for their horn, and leopards for their beautiful skins.
Unique poaching targets in Asia include the Asian black bear which is captured and harvested for years for its bear bile and considered to be an essential Traditional Chinese medicine. Bear paw, along with tiger parts, shark fin, sea turtles, Pangolins (scaly anteaters), and manta ray are fashionable delicacies in Asia and the South Pacific and many are inhumanely farmed or illegally hunted.
Tigers, elephants, sea turtles, gorillas, rhinos and lemurs are also high targets.
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